State v. Hinkle

KAROHL, Judge.

Dennis Hinkle (Defendant) was charged in a second amended information with tampering in the first degree in violation of Section 569.080.1(2) RSMo 1994. After conviction the court sentenced Defendant as a prior and persistent offender to nine years imprisonment. On appeal Defendant argues the trial court erred in: (1) failing to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Defendant was the individual who knowingly operated a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent; (2) not granting a mistrial when a venireperson made a statement regarding Defendant which injected highly prejudicial…